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19:00 Southwell (AW) Tue 06 Oct 2026 0m6f16y Class 5 Good 12 runners

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Mr Fox’s call

Insuspense silks

Insuspense

MEDIUM Advised 2/1 Est. 35%

5TH

Mr Fox says

Insuspense (SR 80, 2/1) is the clear form pick here — the highest-rated runner in the field by a meaningful margin and carrying only 9-8 despite that superiority. The market has shortened 36% since opening, the strongest steaming signal in the race, pointing to informed confidence. Course record of W1P3 at Southwell is a significant advantage on an AW specialist track, and DistFit:+ plus GoingFit:+ confirm the horse handles today's conditions. Last-time-out winner (form ending '1') stepping up one class with MarkMv:+5 is the one note of caution, but the SR advantage over the next-best runners (Storm Esme and Fantasy Obsessor both SR 73, seven points back) is wide enough to absorb that penalty. Each-way alternative: Storm Esme. Main danger: Fantasy Obsessor — Fantasy Obsessor (SR 73, 10/3) has steamed in 18%, holds a 4lb weight advantage over Insuspense at 9-4, carries strong Course:W1P3 form at Southwell, and is the Appleby yard's designated number one runner — if the market has underestimated the weight pull, this is the horse most capable of reversing the SR gap.

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Full result

Winner: Overbudget (IRE) at SP 11/1. Mr Fox’s picks highlighted in gold.

  1. 1 Overbudget silks Overbudget Michael Appleby · Andrew Mullen 14/1
  2. 2 Black Orchid silks Black Orchid Richard & Peter Fahey · Rowan Scott 17/2
  3. 3 Fantasy Obsessor silks Fantasy Obsessor Fox #3 Michael Appleby · Ray Dawson 7/2
  4. 4 Keldeo silks Keldeo Ollie Pears · Harry Russell 16/1
  5. 5 Insuspense silks Insuspense Fox #1 Ross Burdon · William Carver 2/1
  6. 6 Daytona Lady silks Daytona Lady Ruth Carr · James Sullivan 16/1
  7. 7 Remi Mae silks Remi Mae Andrew Balding · Callum Hutchinson 18/1
  8. 8 Storm Esme silks Storm Esme Fox #2 Tim Easterby · David Allan 5/1
  9. 9 Clementines Star silks Clementines Star Daniel & Claire Kubler · Rob Hornby 9/1
  10. 10 Moira Express silks Moira Express Simon Whitaker · Paul Mulrennan 66/1
  11. — All Good silks All Good Julie Camacho · Ryan Sexton 25/1
  12. — Startled Lady silks Startled Lady William Knight · Neil Callan -

Top 4 — how each finished

  1. 1 Insuspense silks Insuspense 2/1 5TH
  2. 2 Storm Esme silks Storm Esme 11/2 8TH
  3. 3 Fantasy Obsessor silks Fantasy Obsessor 10/3 🥉 3RD